Meet to take Indo-Japanese project a step forward.

The Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor (CBIC) project straddling three southern States and supported by the Union and Japanese governments is expected to move a step forward on May 12 when the five stakeholders meet in Chennai and finalise a development node along the route in each State.

T.K.A. Nair, Adviser to the Prime Minister, is scheduled to take stock of the pre-project developments during the high-level discussions with senior representatives of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, it is learnt.

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are each to have three nodes en route and Andhra Pradesh two nodes - which would be integrated hubs of industrial, residential and commercial activity. However, one node each will initially be developed as a model.

'At the upcoming meeting, the States will mainly project their respective node. It will be replicated at the other nodes,' an official familiar with the development told The Hindu.

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